Relationships

Chapter 2

Just a heads up, most of this book is going to be in the POV of Mia
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Mia Matthews
October ?, 2015
"Hey Lindsay, let me see your phone." I asked. We were hanging out it my room listening to teenagers by my chemical romance.

"Why?" She looked at me suspiciously

"Well, if you must know I have barely anyone on snapchat so I wanna scroll through your contacts and the 1st person My finger lands on I'll add them."

She rolled her eyes and laughed. She was used to my weird remarks by then. She tossed her phone at me, and I caught it...Barely.

I scrolled and scrolled then stopped. I opened my eyes to see who I'd add. It was Xander Torres.

"Who'd you land on?" Asked Lindsay

"Xander"

"Damn flashback. Remember when you had the biggest crush on him in 4th grade?"

"What? No" I nervously laughed and bit my lip. Not agreeing or disagreeing.

July 2nd, 2016
Mia Matthews
"So you're single again?" Asked Jasmine. I had just finished telling her what had happened the night before. We've been friends since preschool.

"Yeah" I said tiredly. I had zero hours of sleep. I was tempted to fall asleep on the carpet of Jasmine's room. "He'd rather listen to his mom then be with me." I took a sip of the coffee she had given me.

"Try not to fall asleep. We still need to go to Lea's birthday party" She said.

"I know, can't believe she's barely turning 13."

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(Lea's birthday)
I was changing into my bathing suit and I heard Jasmine telling Lea about the night before. I took my time changing because I didn't wanna talk about it even more than I already have.

I walked out and Lea hugged me. She was so short. She reached below my chin.

"Are you okay Mia?"

"Yeah of course. It's me. I'm always alright." I faked a smile which seemed to work.

"Don't worry we'll find you someone else" she said.

But I didn't want anyone else...

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(After Lea's party)
My parents took me and Jasmine to my sister Annalise's apartment to go swim.

Me and Jasmine were talking in the hot tub. I was asking her on average how long it took to get over someone (because she had had like 4 boyfriends by then). I was hoping the average was less than a month because I didn't wanna be crying over him at all let alone multiple months.

She said she's still not ever her boyfriend that broke up with her over 10 months ago (Nathan). She wasn't really sad about the one who had broken up with her about 6 months ago (Cesar) because in reality he was really only a rebound from Nathan. She was still sad about the one who broke up with her 2 months ago tho. She still blamed herself. Is this how I was gonna be?

Then she abruptly looked up at me. Like she had just remembered some awful news to tell me. And I was right. She did have news. Shocking news.

"So remember in 6th grade when me and Xander had a little flirting thing going on?" She finally said. Not even looking at me in the eyes.

"Uh, yeah."

"Yeah then remember how you didn't tell me you and Xander were together until 2 weeks into your relationship?"

"Yeah?..." My heart began to race. What could she have possibly done that was making her so nervous.

"Okay don't get mad. Promise you won't get mad" she said. I looked at her with curiosity and anxiety. "Promise first."

"I-I promise" I kept getting more and more anxious.

"Okay well the flirting thing me and Xander had in 6th grade? Yeah well that never ended. We still liked each other. Turned out he also started liking you. The 1st 2 weeks you guys dated? We'd still flirt. I didn't know that tho. We'd still call each other baby, and everything. After I found out about you two I didn't talk to him anymore, but when I talk to him I did flirt with him. He'd flirt with me back and that hurt me even more because he was yours and I couldn't accept that. I barely stopped liking him a few weeks ago."

"Oh..." I didn't know what to say to her. I didn't know whether to be mad at or try to comfort Jasmine.

"I'm sorry. It's like I couldn't help it" she said

I wanted to yell, not at her but at myself. I couldn't really be mad at her. Annoyed, yes, but not mad.

He flirted with her throughout the whole time we went out. That thought replayed through my mind over and over again.

Soon as I got home I angrily texted Xander,"You flirted with Jasmine the WHOLE TIME we went out? God! I know you flirted with other girls but Jasmine?!? Out of everyone, why Jasmine? When were you ever gonna tell me? Anything else I should know?!?"
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